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Précoce de Trévoux

Pear

Précoce de Trévoux

Origin/History

Obtained by M. Treyve of Trévoux, Ain, France, and first published in 1862.

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size & Form: Full medium size, pyriform-truncate.

Skin: Fine and tender, vivid yellow, very finely dotted with green, washed and streaked with carmine on the side next the sun.

Flesh & Flavor: White, fine, melting, juicy, sugary, and richly flavored. Agreeable perfume. Quality rated good to very good.

Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Stem, Core & Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

Beginning of August.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.


Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921); Catalogue du Congrès Pomologique de France, no. 328 (1906).

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Précoce de Trévoux.

  1. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 328. 1906.

Obtained by M. Treyve, Trévoux, Ain, Fr., and first published in 1862. Fruit full medium size, pyriform-truncate, fine and tender skin of a vivid yellow, very finely dotted with green and washed and streaked with carmine on the side next the sun; flesh white, fine, melting, juicy, sugary and richly flavored, agreeable perfume; good to very good; beginning of Aug.

U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)